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Nutter's Tax Increase Makes Him A Joke BY CHRIS FREIND It was a rainy, warm March back in 1936, and the snow in the hills around Johnstown began to melt. This caused the unfortunate city to be leveled by yet another flood. To help rebuild Johnstown, Pennsylvanians were forced to pay a temporary 10 percent tax on all wine and spirits. The key word being “temporary.” Even though the town was back on its feet in a few years, the tax remains. And it now stands at a whopping 18 percent. About the only joke bigger than a politician telling...

CIA report, doubling deficit, and Bernanke's nomination mean no R&R for Obama As the White House press corps flew to Martha’s Vineyard on Sunday, press secretary Bill Burton assured reporters that the president wouldn’t be the only one on vacation. “He wants you to relax and have a good time,” Burton said. “Take some walks on the beaches. Nobody is looking to make any news.” So much for that. In the 48 hours that President Barack Obama has been on vacation, the CIA released a report that reignited the torture debate, Attorney General Eric Holder appointed a special investigator...

America IS involved in a silent but deadly revolution.

The U.S. Supreme Court is slated to hear oral arguments in U.S. v. Stevens on Oct. 6. NSSF alerted conservation, sportsmen and outdoor media groups to this case previously and filed an amicus brief with the court. The case centers around a 1999 federal statute used to prosecute a Virginia man on animal cruelty-related charges that could similarly be used to prosecute retailers for stocking and selling books, DVDs or art depicting hunting scenes. In the 2004 case, the defendant was initially convicted, but the decision was later overturned by the Third Court of Appeals as a violation of the...

We were dubious when we first read that Kentucky Fried Chicken was coming out with a new sandwich that does away with the bread in favor of two fried fillets. And that the "sandwich" part of the sandwich involved was made of cheese, something called Colonel's sauce .. and bacon? Could that possibly be true?

On the Hannity show, Dick Morris just said he thinks the Democrats will lose as many as 100 seats in 2010. Hannity was so shocked that he audibly gasped.

Support NOW's Work | August 21, 2009 | Tell a Friend Action Needed Background All NOW Actions More about reproductive rights Defend Dr. Carhart's Clinic Next Weekend! Women need you in Nebraska! Send a message of support to Dr. Carhart After taking action, please support our work! Action Needed: 1. Join NOW President Terry O'Neill in Nebraska to defend Dr. LeRoy Carhart's women's health clinic on Friday and Saturday, August 28-29, with Kansas and Nebraska NOW. 2. Send your thanks to Dr. Carhart for his steadfast commitment to trusting women. 3. Sign NOW's Pledge for Reproductive Freedom. "Dr. Carhart saves...

Some FReepers still refuse to be thankful to our wonderful President Obama for everything he has done for us in his 7 months in office. Please read the list below and bask in the glow of his great accomplishments, and praise him as the Annointed One. In only 7 months, he: 1. Offended the Queen of England. 2. Bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia. 3. Praised the Marxist Daniel Ortega. 4. Kissed Hugo Chavez on the cheek. 5. Endorsed the Socialist Evo Morales of Bolivia . 6. Announced we would meet with Iranians with no pre-conditions. 7. Gave away...

Some of us witnessed the arrogance of Barbara Boxer (CA) as she admonished a brigadier general because he addressed her as "ma'am" and not "Senator" before a Senate hearing. This letter is from a National Guard aviator and Captain for Alaska Airlines. I wonder what he would have said if he were really angry. Jim Hill's Letter to Barbara Boxer You were so right on when you scolded the general on TV for using the term, "ma'am," instead of "Senator". After all, in the military, "ma'am" is a term of respect when addressing a female of superior rank or position....

Sarah Palin emerged in the presidential campaign of 2008 as the candidate of the Republican base — the people the globalist elites in the party pander to every four years so that if everything breaks right, they may have a chance of winning. Palin is the very image of White fertility and small town Americana — all that the globalist Republican elite despises. 'Despises' is much too mild a word for how the Democrats see her. Palin resigned her position as governor of Alaska, so the media indulged itself with yet another hate-fest. Frank Rich's op-ed in the New York...

Why is the battle for greed winning over the battle for USA? How can there be a united states of american citizens if only handful hold power over everything we learn, read, see,...the laws by which we must abide? I swear,...it's like this whole nation has turned into a century old coal-mining town where,...us common folks are given the means merely to give back to the company that pays for our labors and takes all the money OUTSIDE our own resources. Oh,...*shrug*,...I forgot that, those companies still do that to this day: steal the labor, TAKE AND PROFIT off the...

One of the more troubling components of the ObamaCare bill wending its way through the House is the inclusion of individual mandates to carry health insurance. What gives Congress the power to dictate that choice to American citizens? A single document enumerates Congressional power, and former Department of Justice attorneys David Rivkin and Lee Casey have some trouble finding that power in it. They argue, with appropriate citations of precedent, that HR3200 and any other bill that attempts to impose mandates will violate the Constitution: Although the Supreme Court has interpreted Congress’s commerce power expansively, this type of mandate would...

Family, Journalists Pay Tribute To Columnist Novak By ANN SANNER, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON – Political columnist Robert Novak was remembered Friday as a man committed to faith, family and craft. Friends, family, fellow journalists and political strategists squeezed into St. Patrick Catholic Church in Washington to pay tribute to the proud owner of the "Prince of Darkness" moniker. Attendees at his funeral Mass included Karl Rove, a top strategist for former President George W. Bush and a key figure in the 2003 Valerie Plame-CIA leak case that became part of Novak's legacy. Monsignor Salvatore Criscuolo told Novak's wife, children...

Per Fox, Obama is huddling with former senator Daschle, who was dropped as HHS secretary when it was discovered that Daschle is a tax cheat. According to Fox, Obamacare is hung-up on a House that insists upon the "public option" (i.e. destroying all private insurance companies) and the Senate's failure to have enough Dems supporting the "public option." Reportedly, Obama and Daschle have been in daily contact on passing Obamacare.

Cash for Clunkers has failed miserably. Hundreds of millions of dollars owed to dealers on program go unpaid. Developing. And these clowns demand to run your healthcare.

Obama's whopper on health reform System would undergo considerable change Health-care reform supporters claim they are losing public support because of lies and distortions told by opponents designed to scare people. There's some of that going on. But the most consequential misrepresentation in the health-care debate is actually being told by President Barack Obama and other supporters. The lie supporters most resent, and with good reason, is that the health-care reform bills have "death panels" or provisions to encourage euthanasia for the old and infirm. Instead, there was a provision to provide end-of-life counseling services. There's reason to doubt that...

On the O'Reilly Factor tonight, the former President of the Canadian Medical Association, Brian Day, M.D. all but begged America to reject Obamacare. Dr. Day, a practicing surgeon in Vancouver, said than tens of thousands of Canadians are waiting months for surgery because there is no money to pay for it and Canada has way too few physicians because no one wants to practice there. In addition, tens of thousands of other patients are waiting months to see the specialist, so they can then be approved to get in line to wait months for the surgery! Of course, in cancer...

"We are God's partners in matters of life and death," Obama said, quoting from the Rosh Hashanah prayer that says that in the holiday period, it is decided "who shall live and who shall die." The president ended the call by wishing the rabbis "shanah tovah," or happy new year — in reference to the High Holidays a month from now. A reader points out that President Obama's call with the rabbis today — as recorded in Rabbi Jack Moline's and other clerics' Twitter feeds — freights health care reform with a great deal of religious meaning, and veers into...

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The Reader's Digest Association Inc., which was taken private just over two years ago, said it reached an agreement with its lenders on a restructuring plan that it will likely complete under a prepackaged bankruptcy filing in order to reduce its debt. The company, which publishes the magazine of the same name and also has marketing operations, also chose not to make a $27 million interest payment due Monday on its 9% senior subordinated notes due 2017. It said it would use the 30-day grace period available to continue discussions with its lenders. Under the debt-restructuring deal,...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203863204574348811502576156.html What does this Yes We Can mantra mean? The phrase has come to mean an arrogant belief that we could steal from others Don't Tread on Me is a perfect counter to the Yes We Can mantra, instead of "No! Don't" or "No You Can't"